Knocks on your door at 6PM
I’m waiting in the wings
You look into his eyes and take
The corsage that he brings
You mother waits to take a picture
Of you and your dude
And then he clumsily proceeds
To stab you in the boob
And just as she has got it framed
Ready to take the shot
I pop out from the branches and
I give it all I’ve got
Some bunny ears a stuck out tongue
The uglier the better
Is all it ever takes for me
To ruin your forever
Now here we are the lights are low
I’m counting down the minutes
Until they play the opening chords
Of Green Day’s Good Riddance
The principal is snapping pics
But eventually
He’ll find not one is usable
Since they all feature me
He’ll probably be offended that
I’ve turned them into smut
Cause that was not your girlfriend’s hand
That was pinching your butt
Now things are hot and heavy as
The evenings winding down
They pile into limousines all
Afterparty bound
And it will be on Facebook just
Who couldn’t hold their liquor
And they’ll be wond’ring how I got
To show up in each picture
They’ll struggle to remember their
Hungover memories
But I’m sure to go down in the
Annals of history
As each teacher, student, daughter
Father aunt or mom
All will comment on the girl
Who photobombed the prom
A picture’s worth a thousand words
And mentally embedding
But if I slip your mind then I’ll
Just see you at your wedding
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Haha! I love this. I already photobomb people’s photos by accident – might as well do it on purpose and really make it count 😉
I always want to photo bomb people’s photos but I never have the nerve. I think my thumb has accidentally photobombed quite a few though.
Same here with the thumb. I just assume that they want a little bit of me in their pictures….
Of course they do!
‘It’s something unpredictable, but in the end is right’
And would that apply to my poem as well?
One of my favourite Green Day songs that is!
It’s a good one.
No one has ever said that to me before!
Haha!!! So funny! Me and my sister did the opposite once (without knowing from each other). We told our mom and my other sister that we all look silly when taking a selfie… when we looked at the photo, we saw that my one sister and I looked absolutely nice while the others looked crazy!
Ha, ha, that’s pretty funny! As long as you’re the one looking nice!!
Me and my one sister thought the same….lol!!!
I photo bomb all the time.
That rules. I never have the nerve.
Wife fights with me all the time.
Every prom and graduation… Get ready for overload of Good Riddance! I’m sure Billy Joe Armstrong is still baffled at its misinterpretation. My kids love photo bombing… drives me nuts! Too many bunny ears in my pics these days.
I’m sure the money that’s rolling in makes it all a bit better (re Billy Joe, ha, ha!) Surprisingly enough, there is not a lot of photo bombing in my house. It’s probably due to the fact that most of the pictures start off silly anyway.
Yes, he’s laughing all the way to the bank for sure!
Now that I think about it, photo bombing always occurs when I try to get a nice family photo. Perhaps the key is to start off silly.
Yes, that’s probably it!
Too funny.
Thanks Tosha!
You’re welcome x
Those crafty photo bombers seem to be everywhere these days!
I guess so! Honestly, i’ve never been photobombed although back on my 16th birthday I had a big party and there was one kid who managed to be in every picture. Guess we just didn’t call it photobombing then.
Yes I think it was the same thing, we just didn’t have that nifty little name for it 🙂
So you know my brother?! My younger and only brother. Now we need one on the family member who never smiles for any photo. He looks like somebody killed his dog in front of him.
Maybe he needs a photobomber then!
This was hilarious and the picture was perfect for this piece even though it was not a girl
Oh yeah, I just used the funniest one I could find. Funny because the phrase photobomb the prom actually just came to me but it turns out, it’s a thing!
Yes apparently it is a thing some people like 😀
Love that last line. One of our mates photobombed several of our wedding pics. Mostly with his pants down. Luckily, he’s got a great bum….
Must have a heck of a prom night…that’s urban legend status…”the mad photobomber”
Indeed!
Too funny!
If there is no picture, it didn’t happen.
Let’s get deeper than that…if there is no prom, it didn’t happen. I didn’t go to mine.
I’m a-thunking you’re going to give your children complexes. It’s kind of scary that you have this power. You should use it with discretion.
Yeah, yeah, with great power comes great responsibility…yadda, yadda!
Seems everyone is focused on the photobomb here….I can’t get past getting stuck in the boob. Seems more concerning!
Adolescents really shouldn’t be allowed to carry those corsages!!
I think there have been so many hopes pinned on that moment. Get it????
Yes, very punny!
I can see the black man
Well then you are today’s winner!
There’s always one in every crowd
… however, I am getting better about accidental bombings from my thumb or shadow 😉
My favorite kind of photobombing for sure! It’s gotten to a point where I’m thinking of drawing a smiley face on mine before taking pics.
hahaha!! That’s a great idea!! 😉
I know I’m late! I’ve been sick-man-flu sick, but I’ve missed reading your blog the most. I was really hoping for a Marissa prom pic, though…
Oh, I didn’t go to my prom. I graduated 6 months early and there was no way you could get me back there after that…not to prom, not to graduation!
I didn’t go to prom either. I bet your prom dress would have been killer though!
My one regret…
Hilarious way to take an “overdone” ritual can become chaotic, Marissa. The prom used to be in June, now May seems so full of everything! I enjoyed the way the principal is pranked and the way bunny ears and other inappropriate moves are ruining all of the prom pics. 😀
yes, pretty funny! Well they seem to be moving the school year up every year. It’s nice for the kids to be out so early but kind of weird when they have to go back in the middle of August.
Photobombing…my son’s quite a pro
Very funny! 🙂